Baltic Court is covered in hail as it looks like a winter wonderland as the streets, yards and roofs of neighborhoods in south Moreno Valley are covered in hail after a fast moving storm flooded streets as well in Moreno Valley on Wednesday, May 22, 2019. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Resident Jose Ruiz, says, ” I’ve lived here 30 years and have never seen anything like this, It’s cool isn’t it,” he said with a smile as he stands in the Suburban Lane in front of his home in Moreno Valley on Wednesday, May 22, 2019. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

A passenger gets an up close look at a manhole cover being force out of place by pressure of the flood waters on Perris Blvd. south of Suburban Lane after a fast moving storm flooded streets as well in Moreno Valley on Wednesday, May 22, 2019. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

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Baltic Court is covered in hail as it looks like a winter wonderland as the streets, yards and roofs of neighborhoods in south Moreno Valley are covered in hail after a fast moving storm flooded streets as well in Moreno Valley on Wednesday, May 22, 2019. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

A car drives through the thick hail covering Superior Avenue as a Burgeson’s Heating & Air Conditioning, INC. worker heads to a home after a fast moving storm flooded streets in Moreno Valley on Wednesday, May 22, 2019. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Saul Ledezma, 13, of Moreno Valley looks at the winter wonderland as the streets, yards and roofs of neighborhoods in south Moreno Valley are covered in hail after a fast moving storm flooded streets as well in Moreno Valley on Wednesday, May 22, 2019. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

The sop painted on Trinity Bay Court is covered in hail along with the street after a fast moving storm flooded streets in Moreno Valley on Wednesday, May 22, 2019. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Freeport Drive looks like a winter wonderland as hail covers the street, yards and roofs in south Moreno Valley after a fast moving storm flooded streets in Moreno Valley on Wednesday, May 22, 2019. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

People cross Eucalyptus and Mason Avenues as heavy rain, hail, thunder and lighting rain from a fast moving storm floods streets in Moreno Valley on Wednesday, May 22, 2019. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

It looks like a winter wonderland as the streets, yards and roofs of neighborhoods in south Moreno Valley are covered in hail after a fast moving storm flooded streets as well in Moreno Valley on Wednesday, May 22, 2019. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

It looks like a winter wonderland as the streets, yards and roofs of neighborhoods in south Moreno Valley are covered in hail after a fast moving storm flooded streets as well in Moreno Valley on Wednesday, May 22, 2019. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

City workers direct traffic through the flooded intersection of Perris Blvd. and Suburban Lane after after a fast moving storm flooded streets in Moreno Valley on Wednesday, May 22, 2019. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

City workers direct traffic through the flooded intersection of Perris Blvd. and Suburban Lane after after a fast moving storm flooded streets in Moreno Valley on Wednesday, May 22, 2019. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

It looks like a winter wonderland as the streets, yards and roofs of neighborhoods in south Moreno Valley are covered in hail after a fast moving storm flooded streets as well in Moreno Valley on Wednesday, May 22, 2019. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

A fast-moving storm dumped rain and hail on some areas of Southern California on Wednesday, leaving snow-capped mountains, localized flooding and even some fires in its wake.

A strong storm cell unleashed rain and brought lightning storms in areas of the Inland Empire and Orange and Los Angeles counties.

As evening approached, the National Weather Service was predicting some heavy snow and low visibility in the San Gabriel, San Bernardino and San Jacinto Mountains.

A winter weather advisory was put in place by the NWS in areas of Riverside and San Bernardino counties above 5,500 feet. One to two inches of snow were expected, with upwards of four inches in areas above 8,000 feet.

“Be prepared for snow covered roads and limited visibility,” the NWS said on its site.

Just before 3 p.m., Moreno Valley, in Riverside County, looked like a winter wonderland after streets there were covered in hail. It hailed so much that some streets were coated while others began to flood.

Caltrans said that some lanes of the Westbound 60 Freeway were temporarily closed in Chino near Ramona Avenue due to flooding as well. All lanes were open by 6:50 p.m.

A fast moving storm left neighborhoods covered in hail and streets flooded in Moreno Valley this afternoon. pic.twitter.com/QEs51jmHOI

Clouds and some rain will likely continue Thursday, with the NWS saying there is a 20 percent chance of showers in Los Angeles and Santa Ana. In Riverside, that chance was listed at 30 percent.

“We’re looking at showers throughout the today and into the evening,” said Samantha Connolly, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. “The heaviest showers will be overnight. We may see a few showers tomorrow in the morning, but it mostly looks like it’ll be dry.”

As of 4 p.m. Wednesday, the NWS noted that several areas in the Inland Empire, as well as Los Angeles and Orange counties had received at least a half-inch of rain in the past 24 hours.

In Orange County the Fullerton Airport had .67 inches of rainfall. An Ontario fire station near Mountain Avenue and 4th Street in San Bernardino County received upwards of .79 inches of rain, while the Chino Airport got .52 inches.

In Riverside County, Norco saw .43 inches of rain and Beaumont received .63 inches.

In Los Angeles County, areas such as Claremont, Pasadena, Whittier and Pomona each received between one-quarter and one-third of an inch of rain.

Lightning prompted some beach closures at around 2:30 p.m. in Los Angeles County, from Malibu to Dockweiler Beach, and beach visitors were advised by lifeguards to seek shelter indoors.

Those beaches were reopened for normal operations just after 4:45 p.m.

The rain and snow also brought record-setting “lowest maximum temperatures” in areas of Riverside County.

According to the National Weather Service, the mercury only managed to reach 75 degrees in the Coachella Valley’s gateway city of Palm Springs, replacing a lowest maximum temperature of 80 degrees recorded in 2015.

In Idyllwild, the mercury topped out at 43 degrees, tying a low maximum temperature set in 2015, according to the Weather Service.

Indio also tied a low max recorded in 1921, when the high only reached 74.

Staff Writer Brian Rokos and City News Service contributed to this report.

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